TEXTE Environmental Impacts of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems for Reduction of SOx on Ships — Analysis of status quo 
Report compiled within the framework of the project ImpEx 
Table 6: Identified parallel projects covering EGCS discharge water and ImpEx 
Project | EMERGE ? 
Name 
Evaluation, control and 
mitigation of the 
environmental impacts of 
shipping emissions 
Period | 2020 - 2024 
Conducted by 
= FMI - Finnish 
Meteorological Institute 
(coordination) 
= |VL - Swedish 
Environmental Research 
Institute 
= Chalmers University of 
Technology 
= Other 15 organizations, 
including a total of 10 
countries. 
Financed by 
European Commission 
(Horizon 2020) 
SAARUS 
Optimization of scrubber 
exhaust gas scrubbing 
technology to reduce 
environmentally harmful 
ship emissions 
(Optimierung der Scrubber- 
Abgaswäsche Technologie 
zur Reduktion 
umweltschädlicher 
Schiffsemissionen) 
2019 - 2022 
=» Saacke GmbH 
(coordination) 
» |OW - Leibniz-Institute for 
3altic Sea Research in 
Warnemünde (water 
treatment) 
» GEA Westfalia Separator 
Group GmbH (water 
treatment) 
= Further research institutes, 
universities and 
manufacturers (engine, filter 
technology and air/particles) 
German Federal Ministry for 
Zconomic Affairs and Energy 
(BMWi) 
| ShipTRASE 9 
Global shipping: Linking 
Jolicy and economics to 
biogeochemical cycling and 
air-sea interaction 
Jun 2020 —- May 2023 
Interdisciplinary and 
nternational collaboration 
with researchers from 
Sweden, Germany and 
zrance. The German project 
Dartners are: 
ı GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre 
‘or Ocean Research Kiel 
‘Coordination of German 
consortium) 
ı CAU - Walther-Schücking- 
nstitute for International 
_aw at Kiel University 
ı Maritime Cluster Northern 
Germany 
The Belmont Forum, Future 
Zarth and JPI Oceans 
Swedish project | Impex 
Unknown 
Environmental impacts of 
exhaust gas cleaning 
systems for reduction of SOx 
on ships. 
Jan 2020 — Oct 2020 
lan 2020 —- Jan 2023 
= Swedish Transport Agency 
ı Swedish Agency for Marine 
and Water Management 
= BSH - Federal Maritime 
and Hydrographic Agency 
‘coordination) 
= BfG - German Federal 
institute of Hydrology 
* HU - Hamburg Institute for 
Hygiene and Environment 
= Marena Ltd. 
* UBA - German 
Environment Agency 
= \WWU - University of 
Munster 
Ordered from the Swedish 
Government 
German Environment 
Agency (UBA) 
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